http://www.evenconstruction.com/#/our_homes/ Thanks for your link--I had not found that one before and it looks fun. This is one that I finally found and it is local. In the PNW there are a number of communities on the water--more near Seattle as they have Lake Union but in Portland they are on the rivers. They are anywhere from tiny to 5,000 square feet.

When I was building my deck I narrowed down to TimberTech XLM and CorrectDeck CX. Similar products - I liked the look of the CorrectDeck a little better but I ended up going with the TimberTech because a local lumber yard stocked it at a reasonable price. It looks like CorrectDeck has been bought by GAF and CX is now DuraLife Siesta - so you might want to check that as an alternative.

Hey guys, I posted this in the wrong forum apparently and got swarmed by "designers". so here it is again: We bought our house about 6 months ago and since the weather has become nice we have been doing some landscaping. We started in front of the house. This is what it used to look like: We got rid of all the shrubs and nasty trees etc. The old home owner didnt do much trimming, and this is what it looks like now: We had that big space infront of the window and decide to fence it in with a picket fence to make a sitting area. We are planing on making a little flower bed infront of it like the one on the right side. But inside the fence is where I am not sure what to do: I was originally thinking pavers, but thats a lot of digging, and there are still roots left over from that nasty shrubs we ripped out. Then I thought floating deck, much less digging and leveling, but not sure how to incorporate it with the fence. Maybe there is a third option. ANY SUGGESTIONS APPRECIATED

Well, years ago I laid down cedar 2x6's and put a 5/4 cedar deck down over a covered roof/deck. Did this in sections so at any time they could be lifted and the roof cleaned underneath. I since moved away but have been back and ten years later everything is peachy keen.